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Grand Jury indictments for June include a lot of gun charges
The Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District grand jury handed up 266 indictments this week. READ MORE
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New challenge filed to state education funding system
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Grafton County Superior Court against the state by state residential and commercial property owners claims the state failed to meet the 1997 Supreme Court’s Claremont II decision declaring the use of local property taxes with varying rates to pay for the state’s obligation to provide its students with an adequate education is unconstitutional. READ MORE
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November trial for Harmony’s dad on weapons, career criminal charges
Defendant Adam Montgomery, 32, did not appear Tuesday at a dispositional hearing in Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District where defense attorney Caroline I. Smith requested a severing of the cases involving his initial charges of second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child and interference with custody. READ MORE
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Harmony Montgomery’s stepmom indicted on firearm offenses
A Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District grand jury returned the indictments on June 20, but they were not made public until Monday. READ MORE
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Proposed YDC settlement process unfair to alleged victims, attorneys say; state disappointed in attorneys’ stance
The attorneys representing hundreds of alleged victims of sexual and/or physical abuse by employees at the former Youth Development Center (YDC), the state-run juvenile detention center, are accusing the state of “setting a trap for financially insecure victims” in settling the cases. READ MORE
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Gay teen suffered sex abuse and humiliation while in state’s care, lawsuit claims
A gay teen was sexually molested by both a male and female staffer at the Youth Development Center and, when he confided in the juvenile chaplain that he was gay, he was told he was going to hell, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. READ MORE
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May grand jury indictments include sexual and physical assaults, gun threats, felony riot and theft
May 2022 grand jury indicments out of Hillsborough County Court North. READ MORE
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Woman indicted on 15 felony charges related to abuse of boyfriend’s children
A city woman was indicted on 15 felony charges related to the physical abuse of her boyfriend’s three young children. READ MORE
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Fired YDC juvenile parole officer to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges
A former juvenile parole officer at the state Division of Children, Youth and Families is to plead guilty in federal court to possessing images of child pornography and attempting to transfer pornographic material to a minor. READ MORE
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New charges allege Kayla Montgomery lied to grand jury about where and when she was working
Kayla Montgomery did not appear in court because the hearing was cancelled after she waived arraignment and extradition, and the defense and prosecution came to a bail agreement. READ MORE
